Perchlorate reduction from a highly contaminated groundwater in the presence of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a hydrogen-fed biofilm

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3139-3147

  Ontiveros Valencia, Aura ^a   Tang, Youneng ^a,b   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a,c   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm detachment; Groundwater remediation; Microbial community; Perchlorate reduction; QPCR; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM DETACHMENT; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; QPCR; SULFATE REDUCTION;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER TREATMENT;

LOADING;

GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; PERCHLORATE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; REDUCTION KINETICS; STEADY STATE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIOFILM DETACHMENT; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERCHLORATE REDUCTION; QPCR; SULFATE REDUCTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERCHLORATES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84886261664     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24987     Document Type: Article

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